WWI German pilot uniform color?

Hans von Hammer wrote:

#907 Pale gray-blue looks about right to me, if monitor colors can be trusted... http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/

Hans- I finally made it over to my LHS that carries Vallejo.  Believe it or not, out of the hundreds of bottles in stock (all racks were full except 907) then one I need was OOS?

Thanks Paul,

Its always great to hear from you.  I have always enjoyed Mike Good's works. You are absolutely correct in your assement of his skills.

Hi Stephen  (and others),

You said "the 1/32 figure (or larger) was used as the prototype".  I'm guessing you are referring to the technique of sculpting something large and 'pantographing' it down.  That is common for injection molding.  However, this is not the case for our figures. 

Both the 1/48 and 1/32 Voss figures were sculpted completely from scratch by Mike Good.  They were sculpted EXACTLY in the size that they come in the box.  That is, the resin casting is an EXACT reproduction of the original artwork.  ...and in fact, the 1/48 figure was done first!!  Then, I said to Mike we need one for the 1/32 scale kit, and so he followed up with a second sculpt. 

Amazingly, there is no less detail on the 1/48 compared to the 1/32.  ...and for a sculptor to sculpt the same figure twice, IN 2 DIFERENT SCALES, and have them come out so similar is truly amazing!  When you think about THAT, it really hits home that Mike is truly a master at what he does, and gives a new appreciation of his sculpting talent.

I hope you, and everyone here, enjoys our figures!?!  We have more 1/48, 1/32 and 1/12 busts coming, so keep watching our website (www.Modelcellar.com).  Keep up the FANTASTIC WWI modeling.

Regards,

Paul

Remember that is a 1/32 scale figure (or larger) that was used for the prototype figure. The 1/48 scale figure will have less detail.

#907 Pale gray-blue looks about right to me, if monitor colors can be trusted...

http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/

Hans-

Thanks for the quick reply!  I am doing the Model Cellar figure of Werner Voss in his standard uniform, like this:

photo courtesy of The Model Cellar

I am planning on using Vallejo colors, so if you could point me in a general direction with a color call-out for their paints, that would really help too!